Summer sausage-how long does everyone smoke it for??

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I have read a lot and received a lot of advice from folks on how long to summer sausage for and at what temps so I thought I would start this thread so we all can come together on an answer. I run the smoke with heat at 135-140 on mine for 8-10 hours and finish off until the internal temp hits 150, shower w/cold water and hang to bloom for several hours.

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Mix and fridge the night before, stuff next morning hang while smokehouse comes to temp(130) hang 1hr no smoke bump to 150 add smoke and hold tthere for 5hrs,then slowly bump to 170 until IT hits 155ish(total time between8-10 hrs)i,shower to drop temp to 110 and hang in basement for 24 hrs to bloom